Objective 8.2
Cloud Certified AdminCreate a basic scripted input
Objective 8.2 sits in Network and Other Inputs, which carries 10% of the Cloud Certified Admin exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
An administrator needs data from an API. Which input does Splunk name?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Where no protocol fits, running a program that fetches the data turns anything into a source. The cost is that somebody now owns that script.
Why B
Splunk states that the platform, through a universal or heavy forwarder, can accept events from scripts that you provide, and that you can use scripted input to get data from APIs and other remote data interfaces.
Source
Splunk Docs: Get data from APIs through scripted inputs, checked August 2026The Splunk platform, through a universal or heavy forwarder, can accept events from scripts that you provide.
Now you: objective 8.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An administrator asks where scripted input errors are written. What does Splunk say?
Sample question 2 of 2
An administrator asks what environment a launched script inherits. What does Splunk say to watch?
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Read the sources
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